aquacycle
Well-known member
Hi Ben,
Liam is spot on, Persil Bio is my detergent of choice. But I do agree that between Persil and Ariel, there isn't much in it in terms of performance.
I'm on the flip side to what Liam said, I think Ariel is the more potent of the 2. I'm not overly fond of P&G products and tend to avoid where ever possible, hence I stick to Persil. Persil also doesn't contain benzyl salicylate like Ariel does, which is something else I try to avoid.
However when it comes to buying detergents for my Mum, she's happy with either Persil or Ariel and will get whichever of those 2 is on offer. My partners parents are also loyal Ariel users (although they used to be Persil users years ago).
I personally prefer Persil, but both clean to a very high standard. Ariel dipped a bit a few years ago when they brought the stain removers out, but last time I used it at Mum's, it was back to giving excellent results again.
I'm not a fan of colour detergents though - last time I used colour powder, it was leaving underarms smelling a bit wiffy and deodorant marks behind. I also noticed a few t-shirts started to get hard underarms where the detergent wasn't shifting the sweat marks (the salt in sweat makes it go hard) so I ditched it completely. Everything gets bio powder in our house, with the exception of any delicate jumpers, t-shirts and any jeans - they get Ecover Non Bio liquid.
Has Almat started clumping up again? It did that a few years ago...well, I say a few, it must be at least 4 years ago now! They sorted it out and it was fine for ages, but it sounds like they've changed it again.
Chris
Liam is spot on, Persil Bio is my detergent of choice. But I do agree that between Persil and Ariel, there isn't much in it in terms of performance.
I'm on the flip side to what Liam said, I think Ariel is the more potent of the 2. I'm not overly fond of P&G products and tend to avoid where ever possible, hence I stick to Persil. Persil also doesn't contain benzyl salicylate like Ariel does, which is something else I try to avoid.
However when it comes to buying detergents for my Mum, she's happy with either Persil or Ariel and will get whichever of those 2 is on offer. My partners parents are also loyal Ariel users (although they used to be Persil users years ago).
I personally prefer Persil, but both clean to a very high standard. Ariel dipped a bit a few years ago when they brought the stain removers out, but last time I used it at Mum's, it was back to giving excellent results again.
I'm not a fan of colour detergents though - last time I used colour powder, it was leaving underarms smelling a bit wiffy and deodorant marks behind. I also noticed a few t-shirts started to get hard underarms where the detergent wasn't shifting the sweat marks (the salt in sweat makes it go hard) so I ditched it completely. Everything gets bio powder in our house, with the exception of any delicate jumpers, t-shirts and any jeans - they get Ecover Non Bio liquid.
Has Almat started clumping up again? It did that a few years ago...well, I say a few, it must be at least 4 years ago now! They sorted it out and it was fine for ages, but it sounds like they've changed it again.
Chris
